Fifteen dated endings, from the last cuneiform tablet in 75 CE to the fall of the last independent Maya kingdom in 1697
Source. Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Mathematical Texts; “Theodosius I”; “The End of Paganism”; “Hieroglyph”; Religious Encounters on the Southern Egyptian Frontier in Late Antiquity (thesis); BMCR 2009.06.43 (review of Dijkstra); “Sasanian dynasty”; “Manichaeism”; “National Church of Iceland”; “Germanic religion and mythology: the end of paganism”; “Chaldean Catholic Church”; “Battle of Tenochtitlán”; “Battle of Cajamarca”; “Vilcabamba”; The Conquest of the Last Maya Kingdom
Method and data
Method. Dates as given by the cited source.
| Date as stated | Event | Source URL |
|---|---|---|
| 75 CE | Last datable cuneiform tablet | https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/dccmt/ |
| February 28, 380 | Edict of Thessalonica | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Theodosius-I |
| 392 CE | Theodosian edict proscribing pagan cult | https://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/greece/paganism/paganism.html |
| 394 CE | Last known hieroglyphic inscription | https://www.britannica.com/topic/hieroglyph |
| December 2, 452 | Last demotic inscription at Philae | https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/93685692-6079-4d6e-8d19-1d6a177ca3a1 |
| 535–537 CE | Temple of Isis at Philae closed | https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2009/2009.06.43/ |
| 637–651 | Arab conquest of the Sasanian empire | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sasanian-dynasty |
| 843; continued at least until the 14th century | Manichaeism banned in China | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Manichaeism |
| about 1000 | Iceland’s Althing accepts Christianity | https://www.britannica.com/topic/National-Church-of-Iceland |
| late 11th century | Last public pagan sacrifice at Uppsala | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Germanic-religion-and-mythology/The-end-of-paganism |
| latter 14th century | Church of the East collapses east of Iraq | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Chaldean-Catholic-Church |
| August 13, 1521 | Fall of Tenochtitlan | https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Tenochtitlan |
| November 15, 1532 | Battle of Cajamarca | https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Cajamarca-1532 |
| until 1572 | Last Inca rulers hold out at Vilcabamba | https://www.britannica.com/place/Vilcabamba |
| March 13, 1697 | Spanish take Nojpetén | https://sup.org/books/history/conquest-last-maya-kingdom |
